Round up granny, grandpa and the cousins and head for the Last Frontier. Princess Cruises has announced a new 12-night cruisetour option geared to families, with more than 25 departures offered between May 15 and Sept 6, 2010. The cruisetours include family-fun stuff to do, from a jet boat ride to panning for gold.
Offered at a 25 percent discount for all occupants of a cabin, fares for the Alaska “Family Fun” cruisetour (#FUN) start at $1,743 per person for the first and second berths, and $1,191 per person for the third and fourth berth passengers in the cabin.
“This is really the ultimate family vacation,” says Charlie Ball, president of Princess Tours. “Alaska is a wonderful travel destination with kids, so we wanted to make it easy and affordable to plan the perfect Alaska experience for everyone in the family.”
The Family Fun cruisetour includes a seven-night Voyage of the Glaciers cruise plus a five-night land tour featuring one night at Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge, two nights at Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge and two nights at Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge.
On sea days, families can also take advantage of Princess’ onboard programs geared to children, including a special Junior Ranger program in Glacier Bay National Park.
In addition, special tour extras included in the fare are
- Daily breakfast
- “Direct-to-the-Wilderness Rail Service with Lunch” (gets families to wilderness lodge faster)
- Three Rivers Jetboat Tour (an alternative to taking a motorcoach to Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge)
- Arctic Blast (in Denali, experience a special chamber chilled to wintertime temperatures)
- Music of Denali Dinner Theater (musical comedy show plus family-style meal featuring smokehouse ribs and Alaska salmon)
- Experience Alaska with Alaska Geographic Tour (intimate tour of Denali National Park)
- Denali Sourdough Expedition Breakfast (over a family-style breakfast, learn about Denali through breathtaking images from mountain climber Laurent Dick’s Climb Denali book)
- Riverboat Cruise and El Dorado Goldmine Tour (from Fairbanks, travel on an authentic sternwheeler for a fully-narrated cruise along the Chena River and try gold panning).
